Submitted 3 weeks ago by HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
I had someone apply for a job through a recruiter at my company and passed the interview with flying colors. However, it has come across after the interview that they may not have the legal ability to work. The company I work for is audited regularly, so I can’t have hitting them swept under the rug.
How do I deal with this without jepordizing the applicant?
You talk to your legal and hr team not internet randoms.
You have 2 options.
Bro this is simple. Just say we can’t hire u as u have not proven your right to work in this country. U don’t need to pussyfoot around the issue or let them down slowly. Just drop the truth and move on. Ur over-thinking a simple thing.
I’ve always been asked to show I’m authorized to work whenever I work. Isn’t this true for all jobs?
This post seems likes bait imo.
Unless your boss is hiring under the table, I can’t see see how the normal HR hiring process wouldn’t weed out someone not authorized to work.
Maybe do your job and let HR do theirs?
My post isn’t bait. We’ve gone through the process with HR and then found that the applicant may not have work authorization.
I really hope you mean to say “hiring” instead of “hitting”
The simple answer is just don’t hire them, and don’t give any reason.
Yeah, it is hiring. I edited this.
My issue is trying to unwind this as humanely as possible for the applicant.
Unless there’s some method for you to help them become eligible to work in your country, you legally need to put the company’s safety first. If you give different reason to hide things you could be exposing your company to liability, so the safest option for both the company and for the applicant is for you to straight up ghost them.
Sponsor them, if possible.
Large companies have an international team within HR that will sponsor the prospective employee for a work visa.
For smaller companies, the answer is always the same, get a lawyer
Isn’t there some document they don’t have that you need? In Canada you would be asking for their SIN number so payroll can complete the hiring process. No SIN? Oops sorry we can’t hire you because the paperwork is incompletable.
If you guys have no equivalent over there then I don’t see how it’s your problem.
“May not”?? What is that even supposed to mean? Were they Applying While Brown or something? Talking with an accent?
It sounds an awful lot like this isn’t something to stick your nose in and you should do your job, to me.
We were going to hire them, but they can’t show proof of working in the country.
And since I recommended that they get hired and they can’t show the right paperwork, it is becoming my job on how I should proceed.
Well, they have to show proof of ability to work in the country. If they can’t, they don’t get the job.
Consult your HR department. Likely they will give a reasonable timeline for the appropriate documents to be provided and if they can’t furnish proof of work eligibility, they don’t get the job.
Ok, sorry, I read it differently when I first commented. Asking for proof of eligibility to work in the US with a reasonable timeline to furnish documents definitely seems like it makes sense like others said, but I’ll admit this isn’t my area of expertise by a long shot in terms of hiring protocols and my initial comment was from entirely the wrong perspective to address your dilemma.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Not hire them if they’re actually unable to prove their right to work. Lol.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Yeah, but I’m trying to keep this interaction from being a red flag.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
“We are unable to employ you because you failed to prove your right to work in the United States of America”. Could be a trump goon as well. Wouldn’t put it past him.
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A red flag for who? The applicant? Your company?